[dancer-users] Clarification on Dancer instances

Hi all, I'm trying to solve a mysterious Dancer / Starman / server issue, and need some clarification on Dancer instances. Do instances of a Dancer app stay around between requests, or is the app created when a request comes in, it does its stuff, and then it is destroyed? What happens to variables set with the 'var' keyword: will they persist on a dancer app between requests? Thanks, Amelia.